dewar
A dewar is filled with liquid nitrogen from a tank
Meaning
Noun
- A vacuum flask; a vessel which keeps its contents hotter or cooler than their environment without the need to modify the pressure, by interposing an evacuated region to provide thermal insulation between the contents and the environment.
Related
Similar words
- Dewar bulb
- Dewar flask
- Dewar tube
- Dewar vessel
- vacuum flask
Origin
- From the name of inventor James Dewar.
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